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I like the way you cross the street ’cause you’re precious
Moving through the Cleveland heat how precious
Taking rides and all the kicks was so precious
But you know I was shittin’ bricks ’cause I’m precious
Make me wanna, make me wanna, you made me make it
Oh, you’re so mean

We went around and round and round and round and round the Shoreway
We was a do it do it do it on the pavement
Oh maybe, maybe I’m gonna have a baby
We was a duet, oh we do it on the pavement

I was feeling kind of ethereal ’cause I’m precious
I had my eye on your imperial you’re real precious
Now Howard the Duck and Mr Stress both stayed
“Trapped in a world they never made”
But not me baby I’m too precious
I had to fuck off

Anger and lust, my senses running amok
Bewildered and deluded, have I been hit by a truck?
When my tongue lay inside his lip
Felt like the time in the womb
But I woke up with a headache that split my skull
Alone in the room

I got down on the floor with my head pressed between my knees
Under the bed with my teeth sunk into my own flesh
I said, “Baby, oh sweetheart”

Lust turns to anger, a kiss to a slug
Something was sticky on your shag rug, look at the tiles
I remember the way he groaned
And moved with an animal skill
I rubbed my face in the sweat that ran down his chest
It was all very run of the mill

But I noticed his scent started to change somehow
His face went berserk and the veins bulged – on his brow
I said, “Baby, oh sweetheart”

Bondage to lust, abuse of facility
Blackmailed emotions confuse the demon and devotee
I was sure his intentions were sweet
And that mine was as well
But a wish is a shot in the dark
When your coin’s down the well

I got out in the hall with my teeth in my head
Up to my neck and I said, said, said, “Dead”
I said, “Baby, oh sweetheart”

The mid-twenty joys, around a heart that’s black and blue
The ‘T’ love boys, I tore my knees up getting to you
Cause I needed to find out what the thing was for

Been reading, but man the time came to explore

I went ape wire, cause I thought Like I’d like it.

little tease, but I didn’t mean it
But you mess with the goods doll, you gotta pay

A good time was guaranteed for one and all
The tattoos, did target practice in the hall
While waiting for their number to get called out
I, I, I, I found out what the wait was about

I was a good time, yeah, I got pretty good
At changing tyres, upstairs bro’
I shot my mouth off
And you showed me what that hole was for

Now I see you all impressed and half undressed
You got paint stick all over the scars and lumps and bumps
The ‘T’ love boys have got you where I used to lay
Well ha ha and too bad, but you know what they say

Stop snivellin’
You’re gonna make some plastic surgeon a rich man
Oh, but the prestige and the glory
Another human interest story,

Said the wait child, magic child, work it on out , work it
The wait child, pinball child, pool hall child hurts
The wait child, pacing child, forth and back now hurts
The wait child, a neon light, late night lights hurt

I said child, child stare into the street light
Messed up child, lonely boy tonight
Kick the wall, turn the street and back again
Oh boy you’ve been forgotten

Said the wait child, pacing child, forth and back now hurts
The wait child, bus stop child, late come child hurts
The wait child, pool hall child, pin table now hurts
The wait child, magic child, work it on out now work it

J’ai les glands with your theatrics
your acting’s a drag
It’s o-k on TV cause you can turn it off
but don’t try me
yes, your marriage is a tragedy
but it’s not my concern
I’m very superficial
I hate anything official

Your private life
drama baby
leave me out x4

Sentimental gestures only bore me to death
you’ve made a desperate appeal
now, save your breath
attachment to obligation through guilt and regret
shit, that’s so wet

and your sex life complications
are not my fascinations

Your private life dram baby leave me out
drama baby
leave me
out x4

You ask me for advice
I said ‘use the door’
but you’re still clinging to somebody you
deplore
and now you want to use me
for emotional blackmail
I just feel pity when you lie
contempt when you cry

I tried to talk to my baby
I said, “No no no no baby
Please don’t cry
No, no, no, baby please
‘Cause all of the leaves come down
Every time babies cry
All of the leaves come down”

I put my arms ‘round my baby
I said, “Hush, hush, hush, hush
Baby sleep tight now
Hush, hush, hush, baby sleep
‘Cause all of the birds start to sing
Every time babies dream
All of the birds start to sing”

Nobody wants to see
Lovers of today happy, so assume
They’re going to part
Nobody wants to be with someone
So afraid they’ll be left with
A broken heart

I kissed the eyes of my baby
I said, “Dream, dream, dream, dream
Baby all night long
Dream, dream, dream all the night
Cause all of the stars in the skies
Twinkle on baby’s eyes
All of the stars in the skies”

I tried to talk to you baby
No, no, no, no
No, no
No I’ll never feel
Like a man in a man’s world

I drink tequila ’cause I can’t have your lips tonight
I don’t want to feel ya I don’t want to feel bad tonight
You make me suffer, suffer suffer
and you just don’t know
I’m muy barrocho down in New Mexico

I want to remember what I try to forget
That scene in the car park that I still regret
Just like before, five six times I even lost track
I ran away crawling ’cause I fall every time I look back

Miles, baby, hundreds of highways and truck stops I’ve used
Cars, baby, hundreds of cars have passed and refused
I stood on the shoulder with tears in my eyes

I drink tequila and watch the game in the bar
I don’t care who loses, I don’t know who the teams are
We had our time, time, time, but the bell’s finally tolled
And my Ohio winter was finally too cold

You’re not suppose to do that
and you know you’re not allowed to
But you seem to get your kicks
out of doing what you’re not allowed to
You deliberately defy the rules
’cause the law’s upheld by fools
But you know that Bad boys get spanked.
Huh!

You can look but don’t touch
but no, you can’t resist
Don’t you ever think about
the consequence?
guys like you never do
That’s the kind of stuff that floors
are made out of
that’s the kind of stuff
that whores are made out of
but you know that bad boys get spanked
Huh!

You don’t listen do you asshole
Don’t be a punk all your life
someone’s gonna sort you out
they’ll try to make a man out of you
now say ‘ yes sir’ say ‘ no sir’
say ‘ yes m’am’ say ‘ no m’am’
you know that bad boys get spanked

I wrote a letter to you my friend
So many letters that I never send
I think about you at the day’s end

The time that we had
I laughed in my bed
The stupid things you said
We were two birds of paradise

When I was a little girl
With clay horses and lambs on the shelf
I caught frogs in ditches and listened for elves
My friends and I had a world unto ourselves

No grown-ups could find us when we
Made our plans so secretly
To run away ever to be
With the birds of paradise

Once upon a time, my mind still there wanders
Back in your room, the things I remember
One time when we took off our clothes
But you were cryin’, cryin’
You said ‘Nothing lasts forever.’
We were happy together

I thought about you in Stockholm and Rome
Me in my hotel room, you in your home
This is the life they say that dreams are made of
But don’t forget and please do forgive me
I still have that something you did give me
I meant to write but dreams will outlive me

It’s such a drag to want something sometime
One thing leads to another I know
Was a time I wanted you for mine
Nobody knew
You arrived like a day
And passed like a cloud
I made a wish, I said it out loud
Out loud in a crowd
Everybody heard
‘Twas the talk of the town

It’s not my place to know what you feel
I’d like to know but why should I?
Who were you then, who are you now?
Common labourer by night, by day highbrow
Back in my room I wonder, then I
Sit on the bed and look at the sky
Up in the sky
Clouds rearrange
Like the talk of the town

Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday
Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday
You’ve changed your place in this world
You’ve changed your place in this world

Oh, but it’s hard to live by the rules
I never could and still never do
But the rules and such never bothered you
You call the shots and they follow
I watch you still from a distance then go
Back to my room, you’ll never know
I want you, I want you but now
Who’s the talk of the town?

Oh whoa whoa whoa,
this is no place for me
Burnin’ down the innerbelt, from jacuzzi to jacuzzi,
It’s all right for you man, gettin’ smashed and gettin’ suntanned
But I know my place, where’s my suitcase?

Pack it up or throw it away
What I can’t carry – bury
Oh you’ll remember me and I’ll remember you
But that was a long, long time ago when I was passin’ through

All my family, all my friends, my lovers
I got to find them
My enemies, my new family, my new friends
My future enemies, I got to flush ‘em out

So pack it all up, nothing goes in storage
I’m burnin’ every bridge, burn, baby, burn
I see your dog got shot, well, hell, never mind
That’s showbiz, big boy, you’ve got to be cruel to be kind

Oh, whoa whoa whoa,
give over and admit it
I’ve been tearing down the interstate like some kind of bleeding git
It’s all right for the boss, his gain’s my loss
And it gets me down
It really gets me down

So pack it up – cut the crap
When the clock starts talkin’, I’ll start walkin’
And when you pass in your Porsche, please don’t offer me a ride
I may be a skunk but you’re a piece of junk

And furthermore
I don’t like your trousers,
And your appalling taste in women
And what about your mind?
And your insipid record collection.
Home video centre, the usual pornography
that all you scum lap up
you’re the pits of the world

Take, take, take, takin’ what you don’t need
You’re get, get, gettin’ what you don’t need
Stand back, take a look and take heed
All the children in God’s kingdom bleed

See the networks of concrete and steel
They’ve no mystery but what they reveal
Tells a story of a future that’s void
Of the beauty and the majesty that life on
Earth is meant to be

Talk, talk, talk, talk about the government
Not a word about political favour
Everything touched is my political choice
The life you take is your political voice

The sacred cow’s come crashing to her knees
The golden harvest reaped without intelligence
There’s no chance between the heavens and the seas
In a blood bath don’t laugh, grab your piece of golden calf

Those jealous dogs, always on the alert
territorial rights
They’ll take your back and leave your shirt
Like that jealous bitch
Always wanting more
The courts have made her rich
And the click of high heels down the corridor
Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs

Those jealous dogs, detectives every one
Don’t be a sucker all your life
She’s gonna have you hung
Evidence, evidence, evidence
Suspicion invites treachery
Oh you really got taken
Bringin’ home the bacon
Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs

Those jealous dogs,
they get worse and worse
Every time you turn around
They’re sniffin’ at your purse
Who do they think we are?
What do they think we do?
It’s hard to get in the mood
When you’re treated like some kind of dog food
Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs

Oh, I’ve been working hard,
trying to make some money
Would you like sour cream
on your potato, honey?
I’ve been kissing ass,
trying to keep it clean
Serving the middle class,
yeah, it’s a clean routine

watching the clothes go round x4

There go the whites,
getting whiter
There go the colours,
getting brighter
There go the delicates
through the final rinse
There goes my Saturday night,
Out cold without a fight

Hush little baby
Don’t you cry
When we get to Tucson
You’ll see why
We left the snowstorms
And the thunder and rain
For the desert sun
We’re gonna be born again

What’s important
In this world
A little boy
A little girl

Hush little darling
Go to sleep
Look out the window
And count the sheep
That dot the hillsides
And the fields of wheat
Across America
As we cross America

What’s important
Here today
The broken line
On the highway

All the love in the world for you, girl
Thumbelina in a great big scary world
All the love in the world for you, girl
Take my hand and
we’ll make it through this world

Hush little baby
My poor little thing
You’ve been shuffled about
Like a pawned wedding ring
It must seem strange
Love was here then gone
And the Oklahoma sunrise
Becomes the Amarillo dawn
What’s important
In this life
Ask the man
Who’s lost his wife

I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
There was no train station
There was no downtown
South Howard had disappeared
All my favourite places
My city had been pulled down
Reduced to parking spaces

I said’
A.O. Way to go
Ohio

I went back to Ohio
But my family was gone
I stood on the back porch
There was nobody home
I was stunned and amazed
My childhood memories
Sort of swirled past
Like the wind through the trees

I said
A.O.
Way to go
Ohio

I went back to Ohio
But my pretty countryside
Had been paved down the middle
By a government that had no pride
The farms of Ohio
Had been replaced by shopping malls
And muzak filled the air
From Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls

========-=================-====Thin Line Between Love and Hate===============================

It’s a thin line between love and hate
It’s a thin line between love and hate
It’s a thin line between Love and hate
It’s a thin line between love and hate

It’s five o’clock in the morning
and you’re just getting in
You knock on the door
and a voice sweet and low says, who is it?
She opens up the door and lets you in
Never once asks where have you been
She says “Are you hungry? Did you eat yet?
Let me hang up your coat, pass me your hat”
All the time she’s smiling, never once raises her voice
It’s five o’clock in the morning and you don’t give it a second thought

It’s a thin line between love and hate x4

The sweetest woman in the world
Could be the meanest woman in the world
if you make her that way
You keep hurting her, she’ll keep being quiet
She might be holding something inside
That’ll really, really hurt you one day

I see you in the hospital
bandaged from foot to head
In a state of shock,
just that much from being dead
You couldn’t believe the girl would do something like this
You didn’t think the girl had the nerve
But here you are,
I guess action speaks louder than words

I’ve been crying like a woman
‘Cause I’m mad, mad, mad like a man
If you’d been in the SS in ’43
You’d have been kicked out for cruelty

I hurt you
‘Cause you hurt me
So I hurt you
‘Cause you hurt me

I’ve been wonderin’ about your dependency
Your idea of defiance is a modern day mystery
Your arms and chest are cold
When your back is on fire
And the only time that you come clean
Is when you’re talking to your buyer

I hurt you x4

Forget our philosophies
That we admired when we were young
And our popular points of view
They can’t mean much
Or something or anything
If we can’t say “I love you”

Happy Birthday darling
And thank you for the schooling
Your correction mistress warned me
Man, she wasn’t fooling
Never trust a user with your television overnight
Don’t try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light

I want you to love me
That’s all I want from you
I want you to love me one day
I know I’m a peasant dressed as a princess
But that doesn’t mean
You have to take my clothes away
If I could show you some happiness
Then I would feel like a real princess
That to me would be success
My baby

I see you dancing
A natural beauty
You make this dive seem sublime
You really get to the heart of the music
You’re the poetry of time
If there’s a method to writing a song
How come I’m getting it wrong
You write the beautiful songs
Baby

C’mon, c’mon c’mon baby
Take my hand,
C’mon, c’mon c’mon show me
To the loveland,
to the Loveland

Can this really happen
in this day and age?
Suddenly – turn the page
Like walking on stage
My baby
Hey

When I change my life
There’ll be no more disgrace
The deeds of my past
Will be erased
And you’ll forgive me
And then you will come back
Hold my hand and say “I still love you”
When I change my life

When I change my life
And all the scars have faded
I’ll be someone you look up to
Not excuse when your friends come around
And you’ll want me
Always to be there
You’ll be proud to say “I’m with her”
When I change my life

Everybody wants place in the sun, I believe
Everybody wants to be in love with someone
Everybody makes mistakes
Everybody cuts his thumb
Everybody wonders
What the moon is made of

I want to forget every regret
And all those rotten things that I put you through

When I change my life
And the idiot me
Leaves this town forever
Leaves us to be Together for the rest of our lives
Happily forever and ever
When I change my life

Don’t you go away
Come on, get close to me
The hassles of the day
Have made a real mess of me
The moon is in the sky
And the stars are out tonight
They shimmer in the pools of your eyes
In the moonlight

You’re so nice to touch
Lovely to look at
Touch, touch
In the tradition of love

Hear the summer breeze
All the night time’s listening
Your eyes are sparkling now
And their oceans glistening
Sail upon a sea
Of love filling the room
Lilacs seem to be
Everywhere with their perfume

Love, love
Love, love
Love, love

You can in a breath
Blow the storm clouds out the sky
A hurricane retreats
In the blinking of your eye
A flame within my heart
Is ignited by your voice
Come on, baby, now
Let’s make love our final choice

Don’t get me wrong,
if I’m looking kind of dazzled
I see neon lights, whenever you walk by
Don’t get me wrong,
if you say hello and I take a ride
Upon a sea where the mystic moon
is playing havoc with the tide
Don’t get me wrong

Don’t get me wrong,
if I’m acting so distracted
I’m thinking about the fireworks
that go off when you smile
Don’t get me wrong,
if I split like light refracted
I’m only off to wander
across a moonlit mile

Once in a while,
two people meet
Seemingly for no reason,
they just pass on the street
Suddenly thunder,
showers everywhere
Who can explain the thunder and rain,
but there’s something in the air

Don’t get me wrong,
if I come and go like fashion
I might be great tomorrow,
but hopeless yesterday
Don’t get me wrong,
if I fall in the mode of passion
It might be unbelievable,
but let’s not say so long
It might just be fantastic,
don’t get me wrong

==================================How Much Did You Get For Your Soul==================================

Hey baby, I wanna know
How much did you get for your soul?
You had the gospel
when you were shackled to a tree
Now you got your freedom,
you sing for the money
Soul, soul, soul, soul
How much did you
How much did you
How much did you get?

Hey baby, well tell me please
How much did you get that sleaze?
Finally made it, baby, right up to the top
Millions of kids are looking at you,
you say “Let them drink soda pop”
Soul, soul, soul, soul
How much did you
How much did you
How much did you get?

Who’s got soul?
From the African nation
to the Pepsi generation
Who’s got soul?
Who’s got soul?
It dwell from tree to sea,
every living entity
Share the super soul,
we got super soul
Who’s got soul?
Who could think that you’re for real,
a puppet in a cabaret
To increase your wealth,
baby, realize yourself

Hey baby, I wanna know
From the ‘a-go-go’ to the disco,
where did you really go?
You finally made it, baby,
you’re gonna make it rich
As long as some poor bastard in Africa
is lying in a ditch
Soul, soul, soul, soul
How much did you
How much did you
How much did you get?

She’s getting older
yeah, she’s getting wise
but a change has changed the girl
gone’s the sparkle in her eyes
she wants to be a good mother
so she’ll do the best she can
but what about the other
what about the man?

Well it’s cold to leave a woman
with family, on her own
it’s chill factor to the bone

Resignation in her sighs
is a sorry indication
of how time can brutalise
take away the hope and
the will, will follow
take away the faith
and goodbye tomorrow

well it’s cold to leave a woman
with family on her own
it’s chill factor to the bone

She had her dreams too
but how can she pursue
her ambitions
be they great or small

you took her wings and flew
but remember when you’re through
your rise was due
to somebody else’s fall.

And when the hard part’s over
and the kids have almost grown
you’ll be their big hero
whenever you make it home
shower them with presents
things she could never buy
delight them with your stories
about the great big world outside

but dig – it’s cold to leave a woman
with family on her own
it’s chill factor
chill factor
chill factor
to the bone.

Let me inside you
Into your room
I’ve heard it’s lined
With the things you don’t show
Lay me beside you
Down on the floor
I’ve been your lover
From the womb to the tomb
I dress as your daughter
When the moon becomes round
You’ll be my mother
When everything’s gone

And she will always carry on
Something is lost, but something is found
They will keep on speaking her name
Some things change, some stay the same

Keep beckoning to me
From behind that closed door
The maiden, the mother
And the crone that’s grown old
I hear your voice
Coming out of that hole
I listen to you
And I want some more
I listen to you
And I want some more

I used to live in a room full of mirrors
All I could see was me
Well I took my spirit and I crashed my mirrors
Now the whole world is here for me to see
I said the whole world is here for me to see
Now I’m searching for my love to be
Hey!

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!!!

Broken glass was all in my brain
Cuttin’ screamin’ crying in my head
Broken glass was all in my brain
It used to fall in my dreams cut me in my bed
It used to fall in my dreams cut me in my bed
I said makin’ love was strange in my bed
Hey!

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!!!

All right
Yeah yeah yeah

Nowhere to stumble
Nowhere to fall
Can’t find y’all
See only sunshine
All through the day
Yeah yeah yeah

Love comes shinin’ over the mountains
Love comes shinin’ over the sea
Love will shine on my baby
Then I’ll know exactly who’s for me
Then I’ll know exactly who’s for me
Until that time I still got a lot of groovy time
Hey!

If there was a man I could dream of
I’d dream about a dream come true
If there was a man I could ever love
I’d wait a million years for someone just like you

All my life I have been waiting
Never taking any chances, always hesitating
Where’s the pay off, where’s the glory?
Where’s the one I’m holding out for
When’s he walking through the door
the one that you walked through
If he isn’t you?

If there was a man etc

Happy endings never find me
I put all my fantasies and
hopes of love behind me
all my chances all fell through
but
If there was a man out there for me
I wish it would be
Someone who could love me too
If someone was you

Let me stay
one more day
It would mean so much to me
I won’t make a sound
I’ll just hang around
I’ll sit where the last one sat
But oh no, I’d never do that

Take my mouth as far as you can see
It stretches farther than I care to think
Put me out of my misery
If I could keep it shut
I wouldn’t be in this rut
With less chance than a laboratory rat
Oh no, I’d never do that

You’re a master of illusion
You say you do, but you don’t
You think I will, I know I won’t

When I see you sitting there
It sends a shock right through me
I never thought an ordinary chair
Could have such poetry
I don’t deserve your time
I haven’t got the tact
I live above my means in fact
Oh no, I’d never do that

Waterfall
Nothing can harm me at all
My worries seem so very small
With my waterfall

I can see
My rainbow calling me
Through the mysteries
Of my waterfall

Some people say
Daydreams are for all the
lazy-minded fools
With nothing else to do
So let them laugh
Laugh at me
So just as long as I have you
To see me through
I have nothing to lose
Long as I have you

Waterfall
Don’t ever change your ways
Stay with me for
For a million days
You’re my waterfall

No guarantee
Is what I’m getting today
Appetites so rampant
And they’re demanding money
Everybody want a good time
Yeah – yeah – yeah
And wild terms to agree
No credit taken
Oh oh oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
No guarantee

No guarantee
When we kiss
Your lips are tempting
Well baby, listen to this
I gotta have some action
Yeah – yeah – yeah
You know I got to be free
Contracts are binding
Oh oh oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
No guarantee

To my baby
To my love

Guarantee me for a month of good Sundays
Promise me every single one’ll be fun days
Give me a dime for every party revolution
Launder my debts in paragorical solution
Even the boss has been slandered and slagged
Now he’s sitting in the alley with a bottle in a paper bag

No guarantee
When we play
Turn the house lights up Bob
Fella’s look over dey!
This hall is empty
Yeah – yeah – yeah
Up to 17 B
But what’s depressing
Oh, oh, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
No guarantee, yeah

Guarantee me
Guarantee, baby
Guarantee my love
Oh guarantee when you’re coming in me
You got a rubber on baby
Guarantee when I love you for free
I`m gonna pay one day
Oh guarantee
When you sock it to me
When you punch it to me
When you hook it to me
When you knock it to me
When you talk it to me
You guarantee my love
Oh!

When the days are getting longer
And the people come out on the streets at night
I’ll be among the starry eyes
I’ll be among the wishful sighs
I’ll be among the fools
forever fantasizing

When will I see you?
Summertime would be perfect
When will I see you?
It’ll be a long summertime
When will I see you?
Endless nights of love could be ours
When will I see you?

When the nights are getting warmer
And the dawn comes in on the wings of a song
I’ll be among the hopeful few
I’ll be among the morning dew
I’ll be among everything new

When will I see you?
Summertime would be perfect
When will I see you?
There’ll be no-one around
When will I see you?
Endless nights of love could be ours
When will I see you?

Demand the impossible,
everyone will be free
We’ll walk down the Avenue
openly – openly!

When the days are getting longer
And the people come out on the streets at night
I’ll be the one who knows your name
I’ll be the one who plays the game
I’ll be the one, again and again and again
And again

When will I see you?
Summertime would be just perfect
When will I see you?
Could be a long summertime
When will I see you?
Endless nights of love could be ours
When will I see you?

Downtown me with a lobotomy
take me to the Cuyahoga Valley
And make a man of me

Get to the heart baby,
the heart of the city
say you love it when you shove it
don’t be sentimental
Move to the heart ,baby
the heart of the city
This is where the future lies
beneath the burning sulphur skies.

How do I miss you?
How do I miss you?
When you’re gone
When you’re gone

You silly Welsh git
You were sold down the river
Like a slave changing hands
From master to master
The leaves will turn brown
And fall to the ground
And another summer is gone
Gone is the summer of you. oh

How do I miss you
How do I miss you
How do I miss you when you’re gone
When you’re gone

It got so when I looked at you
I did it for a laugh
Now your laughter fills the room
When I’m trying to take a bath
When the chorus of the dawn
Fills the valley with song
Baby what could be wrong?
My heart is breaking in two
Oh

That’s the way, the mighty they fall
Break their legs, and they don’t stand so tall

Bundled up and trussed up
Were the goods to be delivered
I stood in the doorway
And cried and I shivered
I be walking down the street
To the carnival beat
But I’m dragging my feet
Because I’m hopelessly blue
Oh

So much for banning the bomb
The President’s wife is carrying a hand gun
If you want blood sports for fun now
They call me ‘The Hunter’ – better run now
You hear a crack in the distance baby
Your phoney mating calls resistance maybe
Don’t smile – we’re gonna get you
We’ll have your rifle off you too
Oh, gimme a kiss
And hold a candle to this

Foxy lady dressed to kill
You say you won’t but you will
What’s on your face and your breath Mama?
You wear your glory or death mama
But liberation’s on the way
Every dog gonna have it’s day
Pack up your rape racks and crush box out of hell
Farmer in the dell
Oh, please I insist
Now hold a candle to this

Bring on the ecstasy!
And the bliss
Bring on my wedding day
And everybody’s birthday
Blow up the abattoir
Detonate!
We’re going home
To where the buffalo roam

Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O
And on this farm there was a cow

There’s a new generation
From Osaka, Siam and Saigon
The sailors mixed it on the shore
They were making love and making war
Well here’s a present for The Navy
Same meat, different gravy
Those chicks will find you, that’s for sure
One, two, three, four, tell the people what she wore
You’re American Miss
Hold a candle to this
Oh

Look at me, high upon the hill
you could say, I’m on top of the world
Baby, I’m blue
all because of you
I can see this city crumble all around me
press me to your chest, block out the view
Oh oh oh oh
You made me some kind of criminal
you put me outlaw because I loved you

In my time, one thing I’ve learned
if you play with fire, you get burned

baby, it’s true
I got burned by you

I put everything i had into a bag
and trusted you to do what you
didn’t do
Oh oh oh oh oh

You made me some kind of criminal
you put me outlaw, because I loved you

the first thing I think when I wake up –
When can I see you?
The last thing I think when I’m drifting off –
When can I see you?

Oh look at me, I’m addicted still
at first I refused- now I just swallow the pill
baby, won’t you
fix me like you used to?

I could spend my time in hell
I might as well ‘cause hell is
where I’m bound to dwell
without you.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You made me some kind of criminal
You put me outlaw because I loved you

I went out on the balcony
In the middle of the night
The hotel was dark except for just one light
Television burning in the other room
I couldn’t sleep so I put on some of your
Hollywood perfume

I went out on the balcony
And looked across the way
Some guy was shadow boxing,
he looked like Sugar Ray
I was feeling dizzy, began to swoon
Was it his punch or was it just your
Hollywood perfume?

I feel like a fugitive escaped from my life
Seeking refuge in the sensual heat
These paper thin walls make me party to calls
Of love wafting through the room
The night jasmine bloom
Of your Hollywood perfume

I went out on the balcony to clear my head
I was burning up in my queen-sized bed
Down on the strip beneath the billboard moon
Teenage girls look for love in the
Neon, sex and doom
Of your Hollywood perfume

I went out on the balcony with your photograph
I dropped it in the pool and that made me laugh
You like your tan but you don’t like to swim
Meanwhile I feel like I’m drowning in
Neon sex and doom
The night jasmine bloom
Of your Hollywood perfume

When we watch the children play
Remember – when it was me and you
Those were the days,
The things we got up to!
The funfair of danger
That’s what set us apart
We couldn’t wait for the real world
To test the strength of the lion’s heart

Bring on the Revolution
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
Keep the pressure on –
I wanna die for something
Bring on the Revolution
I don’t wanna die for nothing

Cats like me and you have got laws
That they adhere to
Laws outside the laws as laid down
By those we don’t subscribe to
The world is getting stranger
But we’ll never lose heart
We can’t just wait for the old guard to die
Before we can make a new start

Bring on the revolution
Keep the pressure on
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
I wanna die for something
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
I wanna die for something
Bring on the revolution
I don’t wanna die for nothing

For every freedom fighter
I wanna hold on tighter
To the hope and will you gave
You were the brave, you were the brave

And one day
When I hear your children sing
Freedom will ring
Freedom

When we watch the children play
Remember, how the privileged classes grew
And from this day we set out
To undo what won’t undo
Looking for the grand in the minute
Every breath justifies,
every step that we take to remove
What the powers that be can’t prove
And the children
will understand why

All my dreams
Still re-live you
If this is what you left for me
I forgive you
Never do I despair
When I kneel to say my prayers
When slumber fills my head
I’ll be visiting your bed

All my dreams
Recollect you
And so darling in a way
Our love remains new
Funny little things
You touch my fingers and fondle my rings
Then tenderly without violence
We make love in perfect silence

Come, come into my room again
Come, come again
Oh come, come into my gloom again
End this solitude again

I finally took that picture down
I’d been staring at it for hours and hours
Slipping in and out of consciousness
But what I can’t figure out
Why did you do that?
Disappear on me like that?
Oh, baby please, come back where I can touch you
Right here where I can see you

Come, come into my room again
Come, come again
Oh baby come, come into my gloom again
Break, break this solitude again

All of my dreams
Of your affection
Never have I known
Such sweet perfection
No drug induced bliss
Could ever reach the heights of this
Eternal and so pure
Help me to endure
To endure
all my dreams

I’m a mother, treat me like a mother
You want to suck on my breast, It’s no surprised you do
I’m the source and the force to your life to, brother
I’m a mother
I understand blood and I understand pain
There can be no life without it never doubt it
I’m a mother

I gave you all my money to help the family
But what you do to me -don’t humiliate me
Remember, I’m a life-long member
Oh, oh, oh, I’m a mother, treat me like a mother

In the middle of the night I be deep in a dream
You fancy little company you only have to scream loud, brother
Oh, oh, oh I’m a mother and I fake like a mother

I understand time and it isn’t on my side
But to service mankind I have to suffer his pride
Like a mother

Oh, oh, oh

You say your protection is proof of your affection
If I need security, I’ll keep a gun on me
Don’t, don’t barter with me, don’t barter with me

Little sacrifices, go straight to heaven
But hunting season’s over, this is the 20th century
Oh, don’t barter with me
Oh, oh, oh, I’m a mother and I ache like a mother

If there’s a terrible crash and bodies thrown everywhere
I’ll wrap them up and carry them, if someone has to bury them, brother
Oh, oh, call upon mother

I’m the vessel of life, I got the trauma here to prove it
When it’s time for me to labour for you everybody move it
Like a mother

I was born with my hand in a fist
And my eyes shut tight
Any wonder that I cannae resist
Punching blindly, in a fight
First time I saw swans flying to the sun
I wanted to be one

Like every mother’s son
When I saw my life had begun
I wanted to be someone
Like my brother, and my one and only father
And like every mother’s son

I was raised within a cause
With a purpose to fulfil
I was taught to defend what was mine
And instructed not to kill
My small mortal eyes can see eternity
In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly

Like every mother’s son
When a man showed me how to use a gun
I wished I’d never need one
Like my brother, and my one and only father
And like every mother’s son

Everything in domesticity
Assumes its role better than me
I’m a displaced person whose culture let me down
I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town

Like every mother’s son
I’ve lost some and some I’ve won
Now I’m waiting for a new dawn
Like my brother, and my one and only father
And like every mother’s son

So your girlfriend wants to be a popstar
And beat the charts out of me
She wants to move a million units man
Probably just to prove she can
And after a couple of hits
She’ll be buying a new pair of mitts
I can see just where she’s heading
She’s as predictable as Armageddon

Oh, they don’t make ’em like they used to
They don’t make ’em like they used to
No, they don’t make ’em like they used to
You should have just stuck with me

Your girlfriend wants to be a popstar
And live in Primrose Hill
Well, she’ll join the meritocracy
Get to meet all of rock’s aristocracy
And be someone everyone knows
Who all the designers send all their new clothes
When she starts to look like Kylie Minogue
She might even get her picture in Vogue

Your baby wants to be a popstar
Probably just to spite me
Well, she thinks it’s so easy to get to the top
But a girl like that, she won’t know where to stop
But when her most recent therapist
Suggests that maybe she become a Buddhist
She might even consider giving up red meat
Man, you’re gonna look back to when your life was so sweet

Oh they don’t make ‘em like they used to
No they don’t make em like they used to
They don’t make em like they used to
You should have just stuck with me

I play a good game but not as good as you
I can be a little cold, but you can be so cruel
I’m not made of brick, I’m not made of stone
But I had you fooled enough to take me on
If love was a war, it’s you who has won
While I was confessing it
You held your tongue
Now the damage is done

Well there’s blood in these veins and I cry when in pain
I’m only human on the inside
And if looks could deceive make it hard to believe
I’m only human on the inside

I thought you’d come through, I thought you’d come clean
You were the best thing I should never have seen
But you go to extremes, you push me too far
Then you keep going ’til you break my heart
Yeah, you break my heart

See I bleed and I bruise, oh, but what’s it to you?
I’m only human on the inside
And if looks could deceive make it hard to believe
I’m only human on the inside

I crash and I burn, maybe someday you’ll learn
I’m only human on the inside
I stumble and fall, baby, under it all
I’m only human on the inside

We watch each other even when we sleep
For some small protection
It’s a promise we keep
Love is hard to define
It runs in circles round the mind
But a circle ain’t a circle
If it’s not complete

Oh, love me from the heart down
If it hurts or if it’s bliss
Love me from the heart down
Reveal me with a kiss
My senses must compete
With a brain that lets me down
Down, down

We satisfy each other
But the hunger still remains
You sink into my flesh like a knife
When day comes to an end
We take off all our clothes
And stand naked face to face
With real life

Oh, love me from the heart down
Get me on the floor
Love me from the heart down
Go under and then come up for more
Analytical patter
Gives love the run around, around
You can’t hold a theory
Won’t you love me
Love me from the heart down

We misconstrue intentions
When there’s distance in between
Longing hurts the teeth
Like something sweet
When you’re not here with me
You become a memory
This aching feels like some kind
Of defeat

Oh, love me from the heart down
Get me on the phone
Love me from the heart down
Lie and say you’re coming home
True confessions need the make-up
Of a clown, clown
Smiles are deceiving
Won’t you love me
Love me from the heart down

You believed in me
When you had nothing to gain
You stood by me
You walked out in the falling rain
To find me
Waiting in the shadows behind me

Baby please
Please
Won’t you do it one more time
Do it one more time
Do it one more time
Please
Won’t you do it one more time

You stayed when no one else would
When I was delayed
You understood
I’ve done some low down things
Alright but you said I was good
I couldn’t forgive myself
But you could

I know I’ve made you promises
Then I forget
I’ve let you down darling
I’m forever in your debt
In my darkest hour I’ve
Turned you out
But when the mood has passed
You came back in spite of me
Saying “This love,
this love was meant to last”

I been campaigning for the rights of the meek
I’ve been holed up in a tree most the week
Hey sir your crush boxes are starting to leak
They’re saying ‘never’ but we’ll wait here
Forever and ever and ever and ever

And if I wanna shake my hair in the sun
Don’t try to flail me for offending anyone
I don’t take Prozac and I’ll never own a gun
I’m just a farmer but I swear I’d never harm her

I fell
by the way
The reason you haven’t heard from me
I just didn’t want
to tell you
Or see me this way
Having fun with
my new someone
Circumstance,
who would’ve guessed?
Force my hand
when I was homeless
You just, wouldn’t understand
If you saw me
Holding his hand

I fell
from your grace
The reason you haven’t seen me here
I just, I didn’t want
to tell you to your face
But I left clues
you couldn’t refuse
Obvious, your friends would see
I knew you’d get the word eventually
and I’d rather have them tell you
‘It’s just as well
The bitch is gone’

I fell
while you were away
You leave a woman like that
Anyone will tell you
She’s gonna stray
Well I confessed
and you know the rest
Promises you never kept
Where were you baby?
You overslept
And when you hear that prison bell,
think of me
You’re not the only one

That’s not honest
Nothing you’ve said
Why don’t you tell someone
Who’ll believe you instead?
‘Cause I got this feeling
Is it what they call déjà vu?
I’m nodding my head, yeah
But I don’t believe you

If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…

I don’t even care
So there’s nothing to defend
It’s so long-winded
Like a story without an end
This elaborate yarn
You left behind, like a breadcrumb trail
It’s too hard to find the way out
Of your fairytale

If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
And you say that you’re my friend
And you take me to your bed
As somebody else instead
And I wonder where you’ve been
And the other one began
If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…

Don’t take me there, oh, please, I do thee implore
Spare me the details
The entrails and the gore
I can see there’s a point
You want to drag me in
To impress me and depress me
With your web of sin

If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
If you lie to me again…
If you…

Along by the canal
You can see the remnants of last night’s reverie
As left by the local tenants
But these aren’t the gifts they give free in shopping malls
This is real life that’s sprayed across the tunnel walls

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They’re the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are

The last time you tried to leave here for a working holiday
You said your mother needed you two thousand miles away
But no sooner on the tarmac you were met to be told
We’ve been waiting for you
You just can’t leave the fold

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They’re the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are

They’ll never let you go
They’ll never let you know who your friends are
Know who your friends are

They say that loyalty is just for those who’ve earned it
Is that why they stole the sofa from your parking space and burned it
You were hoping you could leave here with some teeth still in your head
But your friends on curtain row would rather see you dead

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They’re the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are

You came to me, I was alone,
Tried to drag me in to your danger zone.
You told me things got right inside
And showed me things I’d never tried.
You got a hold, you wouldn’t let go,
You lied and lied and lied
It was a great big show.
Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right.
(people talk) people talk, I hear them do it
(they think think they know)they think they know, when I never knew it
(you’re a gigolo) you’re gigolo I’ve heard it said.
(I’ve got a sweet name)I’ve got a sweet name for you instead.
They imagine, “what must give them a thrill?”
They’ll never know for sure, but I will
Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right.
Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right.
Whispering is rude in public places
(its so obvious)it’s so obvious, written on their faces
They think your taking me for a great big ride
But you know whats more? they’re probably right I’m hoping on with you tonight…
You take me up and let me down
Don’t like my friends to come around.
(if your not center) if your not center of the stage
You sulk and rant and go into a rage.
Ohohoh but I can leave at any time,
But I’d miss the oh so absurd and so sublime.
Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right.
Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right.
Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right.

If it’s games you want I’ve played a few
Let me say up front I’ll lose to you
I can see you’re a beginner
Well beginner’s luck runs out
You think you’re a winner
But let me tell ya
The winning’s not what it’s all about
You see, it’s about the losing
Can’t rest until I’m losing

At first you feel hungry
Then you’re thirsty too
Then a desperate feeling comes over you
You think you can beat
What no one has before
Then you start to cheat
Before you know it
You’re back for more

You see it’s about the losing
Can’t stop when I’m at the top
It’s about the losing
Every time I win I have to start again
Can’t rest, rest until I’m losing
A bluff’s about as good as the getting will get
You see in this neighborhood
We’re all in debt

A little more money
A little more fame
Who amongst us, if anybody
Wouldn’t risk it all
To stay in the game
You see it’s about the losing
Can’t stop when I’m at the top
It’s about the losing
Every time I win I have to start again

Can’t rest, rest until I’m losing
Can’t rest, rest until I’m losing
Can’t rest, rest until I’m losing
It’s about the losing
It’s about the losing
It’s about the losing

I’ve really made a fool of myself
I hit the wall but it never bothered you at all
Oohhh
My pony bolted out too soon
Left me howling at the moon

You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace)
You put me in my place (you put me in my place)
I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face)
The clouds disappear, and blue skies fill the space
You are my saving grace

I didn’t know what I was s’posed to be
I tried to bluff, but I never offered you enough,
Oohh
Now I’m feeling the remorse
I want you back because of course

You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace)
You put me in my place (you put me in my place)
I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face)
The clouds disappear, and blue skies fill the space
You are my saving grace

Do you remember when, you gave your heart to me
I want it back again, I want it back again
Oh baby, Sweet baby

Won’t you reconsider me?
Coz as anyone can see..

You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace)
You put me in my place (you put me in my place)
I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face)
The clouds disappear, and blue skies fill the space
You are my saving grace
You are my saving grace

You are my saving grace
You put me in my place
I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face)
The clouds disappear, and blue skies fill the space
You are my saving grace
You are my saving grace
You are my saving grace

Miguel has set up home
With a woman half my age
A half-wit in a leotard
Stands on my stage

The standards have fallen
My value has dropped
But don’t shed a tear
Some walk like they own the place
Whilst others creep in fear

Try if you can
To walk like a man
But if you don’t come near
You’ve got to fly like an eagle
Prowl like a lion in Africa
Leap like a salmon home from the sea
To keep up with me
You’ve got to walk like a panther tonight

The old home town just looks the same
Like a derelict man who has died out of shame
Like a jumble sale left out in the rain
It’s not good
It’s not right

The standards have fallen
My value has dropped
But don’t shed a tear
Some walk like they own the place
Whilst others creep in fear

Try if you can
To walk like a man
But if you don’t come near
You’ve got to fly like an eagle
Prowl like a lion in Africa
Leap like a salmon home from the sea
To keep up with me
You’ve got to walk like a panther tonight

Where did you leave your self respect
You like look like a reptile
Your house is a wreck
Your existence an insult
And stains that are suspect
Cover your clothes

The standards have fallen
My value has dropped
But don’t shed a tear
Some walk like they own the place
Whilst others creep in fear

Try if you can
To walk like a man
But if you don’t come near
You’ve got to fly like an eagle
Prowl like a lion in Africa
Leap like a salmon home from the sea
To keep up with me
You’ve got to walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
To keep up with me you’ve got to walk like a panther

nam yo ho ren gay kyo – Buddah please
pity a humble little peasant who’s beggin’ on her knees
illusion fills my head like an empty can
I spent a million lifetimes loving the same man

Chorus:
every drop
that runs through the vein
always makes its way
back to the heart again
– and by the way you look fantastic
in your boots of Chinese plastic

Hari Krishna – Hari Rama too
Govinda I am still in love with you
I see you in the birds and in the trees
that’s why they call me ‘Krishna Mayi’

chorus

the prophet told us we should tolerate
the people and the things that make me want to hate
Allah have a little mixed mercy on me
To see some beauty in this human pageantry
Jesus Christ came down here as a living man
if he can live a life of virtue then I hope I can
do unto others as you would have returned
come back here and repeat until you’ve learned
learned learned

chorus

and every dog,
that’s lived his life on a chain
knows what it’s like
waiting for nothing
– and by the way you look fantastic
in your boots of Chinese plastic

and he doesn’t paint pictures
or write poetry
or act on a stage
for others to see
and he don’t expect much
santa clause knows
cause he doesn’t make lists
of toys and new clothes

chorus

everyone’s chasing
a reason to live
mostly they take more than they give
the succeeder justifies
why he needs more than the rest
and believes his own lies
and things he’s the best
but my guy

he doesn’t make movies
to suit an audience’s whim
he lives by a code
known only to him
and he doesn’t make money
to buy watches and cars
cause there’s no time and no place to go
for a man who has nothing to show

look at me
can you see how I’m trying?
only you
see me crying
look at me
these tears ain’t lying
one pays the butcher
one pays the thief
I’m looking for you darling
show me some belief
the artist on the cover.
is a phoney and a crook
I’m looking for you love
show me where to look

don’t lose faith in me
please don’t lose faith in me
if you lose faith in me
you lose faith in us

Narcissistic, anorexic
So unstuck but so pretty
I love you
Vira lotta, very donkey
You’re the only truth in this city
Don’t ever change
Don’t change good champagne
For some sad idiot and then complain
– That’s good advice
But a lady who has two black eyes is not
The best one to advise
She’s already been told twice

Paranoiac, drug addicted
Pornographically afflicted
– Sleep with me
Two legs, a cock, a woman’s soul
Strange habits that you can’t control
– Show them to me
You can hardly say this woman
Only wants you
For yoru money
You who have naught
Come inside my hive
Where the bees are busy making honey
Ooo love is about!

Autistic, repetitious
People phobically suspicious
With an oversized schlong
Unemployable, illegal
You’re a whole film by Don Siegel
Write me a song
Go way and blow away
And fade away
And the next day
– You’re back in line
If love is leaving everything for
Homelessness and nothing
– You’ll be just fine

There was a red brick road where I grew up on
And a pretty stone wall around a fragrant lawn
And fish in the pond that sparkled in the dawn
But it ain’t no more it’s all gone gone gone

Chorus:
Whoa
Ram it, cram it, grand slam it
Break up the concrete
Prod it, sod it, metal rod it
Break up the concrete
Whack it, thwack it, line back it
Break up the concrete
Shake it, bake it, earthquake it
Break up the concrete
Break up the concrete
Break up the concrete

And a depot over there right next to the tracks
That the slaves put down while breaking their backs
But those Texans knew no one would ever get into a carriage
Or anything that might lead to an interracial marriage

Chorus

Now don’t tell me it’s progress ‘cause that’s just a lie
And don’t even try to come up with an excuse why
We was so busy worrying ‘bout them dropping the bomb
We didn’t notice where our enemy was really coming from

That old train keeps blowing
Through the centre of this town
It restores my faith
When the chips are down
It don’t take no passengers
Since the streets got rearranged
But that whistle still blows
It’s one thing never changed

The boy I was loving
Had to say ‘so long’
Go back to a world
Where I don’t belong
It affected me so
You could say I was deranged
But that whistle’s gonna blow
It’s one thing never changed

Speak to me
Speak to me again
Speak to me
Speak to me again

That old train keeps blowing
I can hear it in the night
I hold on to myself
It’s gonna be all right
People come and go
Like cars changing lanes
But that whistle’s gonna blow
It’s one thing never changed
One thing never changed

What am I gonna do today?
Walk to the newsstand,
Check out the warzone,
Check the listings, see what’s good on,
Oh, there’s one I’ve been wanting to see.
Anyone here up for a movie? I am.

Nobody tells me I can’t,
Nobody tells me I shan’t,
No one to say ‘You’re doing it wrong’,
I’m at my best, I’m where I belong,
Alone.
Yeah, I like it.

Now I’m out prowling the streets,
With the poets and the Greeks and the deadbeats,
I’m taking my time, sitting on park benches,
And all the glamour it all starts down here,
This is where the trends begin.
Life’s a canvas and I’m on it.

Nobody tells me I can’t,
Nobody tells me I shan’t,
No one to say ‘You’re doing it wrong’,
I’m at my best, I’m where I belong,
Alone,
I like it, yeah, I like being alone,

And the other thing I like to do,
Go to the graveyard and hang out with you,
And have a smoke and practice my autograph,
Then sit back and re-read your epitaph and it says:
‘Don’t you laugh as you walk by,
For as you are so once was I,
And as I am so you shall be,
Prepare for death and follow me,’

Alone.
Yeah, I like that. I like being alone,
Yeah, what are you gonna do about it?

Nobody tells me I can’t,
Nobody tells me I shan’t,
No one to say ‘You’re doing it wrong’,
I’m at my best, I’m where I belong,
Alone,
Yeah, I like it. I like being alone.
What are you gonna do about it? Hmm?
Absolutely fuck all,
Yeah. I’ll do whatever I want.

I’m in love with a man,
He’s in love with the road.
It’s no surprise, it’s no riddle,
A roadie’s wife plays second fiddle,
To the razzle dazzle on the stage,
She has to be a widow and a sage.

Roadie man,
Taking music to the people,
Any way he can.
Propping up the falling stars,
He’s there to bring light and sound and power,
He’s the man who’s standing in the tower,
He’s my long gone, doggone roadie man.

Christmas time’s a lonely time,
Even when the church bells chime,
Hark, the herald angels sing ‘boo hoo’…

What happens on the bus stays on the bus,
It don’t mean nothing, or require a fuss,
A vow of silence is the code.
That keeps the backline on the road,
Whatever happens, happens – has to be,
But don’t rely on domesticity.

Roadie man,
Taking music to the people,
Any way he can.
Propping up the falling stars,
He’s there to bring light and sound and power,
He’s the man who’s standing in the tower,
He’s my long gone, doggone,
He’s my gol darn, long gone roadie man.
He’s my long gone, doggone

I’m in love with a man,
He’s in love with the road.
It’s no surprise, it’s no riddle,
A roadie’s wife plays second fiddle,
To the razzle dazzle on the stage,
She has to be a widow and a sage.

Roadie man,
Taking music to the people,
Any way he can.
Propping up the falling stars,
He’s there to bring light and sound and power,
He’s the man who’s standing in the tower,
He’s my long gone, doggone roadie man.

Christmas time’s a lonely time,
Even when the church bells chime,
Hark, the herald angels sing ‘boo hoo’…

What happens on the bus stays on the bus,
It don’t mean nothing, or require a fuss,
A vow of silence is the code.
That keeps the backline on the road,
Whatever happens, happens – has to be,
But don’t rely on domesticity.

Roadie man,
Taking music to the people,
Any way he can.
Propping up the falling stars,
He’s there to bring light and sound and power,
He’s the man who’s standing in the tower,
He’s my long gone, doggone,
He’s my gol darn, long gone roadie man.
He’s my long gone, doggone

I miscalculated what the price was,
Falling for a pretty face can cost,
Wondering for hours in the terminal
I’m lost,
The colour of your eyes are like a palette,
A thousand shades of blue are mixed up there,
Drowning in a wave that pulled me under,
I’m running, I’m running…

Well, I wear it like a charm,
A tattoo on my arm,
Your name in a horseshoe,
Talismans and such,
I rely on them to touch,
And get close to you,
Well, I try just a little,
Try just a little,
Keeping my fingers crossed,
Oh, I get high just a little,
High just a little,
Now I’ve found you,
Let’s get lost, let’s get lost,
Let’s get lost, let’s get lost.

Riding on a bus,
Thinking about us,
And what you’d be saying,
If you and me were real,
And you feel what I feel,
And not just playing,

Ooh, I get high just a little,
Try just a little,
Keeping my fingers crossed,
Ooh, I get high just a little,
High just a little,
Now I’ve found you,
Let’s get lost, let’s get lost,
Let’s get lost, let’s get lost.

He likes her better than me,
Everybody here tonight could see,
He liked her, better than me,
I couldn’t even get in the dance,
In fact, I didn’t stand a chance,
Clearly, it was her not me,

Ooh, that’s the way I’m going down,
Throw in the towel, that was my worst round,
Ooh, I’m outclassed, pound for pound,

I can’t compete on the street,
I haven’t got the heat,
Can’t keep up with the beat,
Like I should,
In this neighbourhood,
Thought I’d nothing to prove,
Then the bouncer made me move,
And that little piece of fluff,
Moved in and ran with the groove,

Ooh, that’s the way I’m going down,
Watch me now, as I hit the ground,
Ooh, take a look around.
You see me?

Ooh, that’s the way I’m going down,
Put a padlock on my door, they’re closing me down,
Ooh, I’m in the best hotel in town…

Sometimes, do you ever get the feeling it’s all over?
Sometimes, do you ever get the feeling?

I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
For being jealous,
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
For things that you can’t see,
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
For using other fellas,
To blindside you,
To get inside of me.

Believe me I’m not saying that I’m proud,
To undermine and sabotage your scene,
I wouldn’t want to say some things out loud,
But everybody does it, and you know what I mean.

I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
For backing the wrong horse,
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate my masquerade
Of black and blue,
I hate myself I hate my reckless, phoney
Self-destruction course,
And coming last, conceding second best to you,

And if on Judgement Day,
I’m told to make my way,
To take up lasting residence downstairs,

I’ll look to see if others,
Who backstabbed their own brothers,
Got a lighter sentence,
Showing mercy and repentance.

I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
I guess I’m just too smart,
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
In body and in mind,
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate these
Perversions of the heart,
I hate myself upfront, I hate myself
From behind.

So take my hand,
To the witness stand,
I deserve the worst,
My heart is gonna burst,
So validate me
Hate me where it hurts,
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
I hate myself, I hate myself.
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
I hope that you do too,
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself
I hate myself.
But most of all I hate myself,
Hating you.

Funny how you look so peaceful,
No more anger no more fear,
On your cheek there shines a single tear,

I’m the one to mellow you,
Forever I will treasure you.
Hold your hand and pull you through,
When the going gets too rough.
I’m the one to mellow you,
Break the spell that’s killing you.
I’m so willing just to see you through,
‘Cos death is not enough,
‘Cos death is not enough.

Goodnight,
Oh my sweet love,
Let me shine the light of a million loves on you.

We tried so hard to make some sense of it,
But the world is just a joke.
I promise you I know what’s gone and broke.

I’m the one to mellow you,
Forever I will treasure you.
Hold your hand and pull you through,
When the going gets too rough.
I’m the one to mellow you,
Break the spell that’s killing you,
I’m so willing just to see you through…

I’m the one to mellow you,
Forever I will treasure you.
Hold your hand and pull you through,
‘Cos death is not enough,
‘Cos death is not enough.

I just want, I want, I want
To see your face,
I just want, I want, I want
To change your place,
Lift your veil up!

I-I-I-I-I
Am a mass of devotion,
I-I-I-I-I
Am a Holy commotion,

I just want, I want, I want
To lead the blind,
I just want, I want, I want
To free your mind,
Come on baby,

I-I-I-I-I
Am a mass of devotion,
I-I-I-I-I
Am a Holy commotion,

I just want, I want, I want,
To see the light,
I just want, I want, I want,
To dance all night,
Be my baby,

When the walls come tumbling down,
And the love shines all around,
And the dogs of war
Come around no more,
No more rape or torture or mutilation
One word, one love,
One humanity,
One word,
One love,
One humanity,
Ooo ooo